Shell belt



E'. FLURIE.

- SHELL BELT. APPLICATLON FILED DEC- 14. 1920.

1,41 ,1 4, Patented May16,1922.

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EDWARD FLURIE, F BIG SIOUX. 'IOVINSHI P, UNION COUNTY, SQUTI-I DAKOTA.

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Specification of LettersPatent. Patentedlilay 16, 1922.

Application filed December 14, 1920. Serial No. 430,689.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, EDWARD FLURIE, a

, citizen of the United States, and a resident of Big Sioux Township, in the county of Union and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shell Belts, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its primary object the production of an improved ammunition shell belt, having superposed rows .ofshell pockets. Another object of the invention is the production of an ammunition shell belt so constructed as to carry a maximum number of shells with the least inconvenience to the wearer.

Furthermore, the invention contemplates a shell belt particularly adapted for sports mens shot gun shells to-keep the shells dry and hold them dependably against accidental displacement, yet readily accessible to the sportsman.

Still another object of the invention is the production of a sportsmens shot gun shell belt, simple and inexpensive in construction, yet well adapted to withstand the hard usage imposed upon such devices.

With these and other objects in view, the invention, consisting in the construction, combination and novel arrangement of parts, will be fully understood from the follow inf description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this application and in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, of which:

Fig; 1 is a front elevation of a shell" belt constructed in accordance with the inven tion. Fig. 2 is a plan thereof. Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary front elevation of the same.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section thereof, taken on the line 14 of Fig. 3.

While I have illustrated and hereinafter described a preferred embodiment of the invention, I would not be understood as being limited to such specific construction, for various alterations and modifications may be made in the details of construction and arrangement of parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

. Referring, now, to the illustrations, 5 is a relatively broad open band of canvas,or

other flexible material, and preferably havmg its upper and lower edge portlons folded over the intermediate portion that justably engage straps, 9, on the other end of the band. c On the band, positioned one above another, are strips of canvas, or other flexible materials, 10, formed with equally spaced loops, '11. adapted to receive the shells, 12. Intermediate the loops the strips, 10, are stitched, as at 13, to both the over-folded and intermediate portions of the band.

The lower edge portion of the upper strip, 11, is preferably interposed between the over-lapping edge portions of the band, and is stitched, as at 14:, to both the said over-lapping and the intermediate portions of the band.

The lower folded edge portion of the band is preferably folded over the lower edge portion of the lower strip, 11, as at 15, the said portion, 15, the lower edge of the strip, 11, and the adjacent plies of the band being all stitched together, as at. 16. The upper edge portions of the looped strips, 11, are preferably so folded over, as at 17, as to depend to approximately the longitudinal median line of the strips to thereby re-inforce the upper portions of the loops.

It will now be observed I provide substantial individual pockets for the shells, which are closed at their lower ends and keep the-shells dry and hold them removably against accidental displacement.

The "device is very durable, can be worn without. discomfort, and accommodates a maximum number of shells, which are uniformly distributed around the body.

I am aware that shell belts having superposed rows of shell pockets are old, and I do not claim such structure broadly, but what I do claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. An ammunition shell belt, including a flexible waist band, having its upper and lower edge portions, so folded over that the lower edge portion overlaps the upper edge portion, and two (strips of flexible material on the band, formed with vertical loops to receive shells, the lower edges and the portions of the strips intermediate the loops and the over-folded and intermediate portions of the band being stitched together. 7 5 2. An ammunition shell-belt, including a flexible waist band having its upper and lower edge portions so folded over that; the lower edge portion overlaps the upper edge portion, and two strips of flexible material 10 on the band, formed with vertical loops to receive shells, the lower edge portion of the upper strip being interposed between the overlapped edge portions ofthe bend, the lower edges and the portions of the strips intermediate the loops and the overfolded and intermediate portions of the bend being stitched together.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of December, 1920. EDWARD FLURIE. 

